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en-usMedical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Teaching computers to create an early warning system for kidney diseaseAbout twice every hour, all of the blood in our bodies filters through our kidneys, removing waste and excess water to produce urine. But this important kidney function is irreversibly compromised in about 20 million Americans by chronic disease, most often related to poorly controlled diabetes and high blood pressure. In many cases, modern medicine does nothing to slow kidney disease for one very simple reason—most who are affected don't know it until it's already too late.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-early-kidney-disease.html
SurgeryWed, 29 Jul 2015 08:58:08 EDTnews357379078Health-care providers a major contributor to problem of antibiotic overuse10 percent of health care providers write an antibiotic prescription for nearly every patient (95 percent or more) who walks in with a cold, bronchitis or other acute respiratory infection (ARI), according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-supported study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and led by the Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System and the University of Utah. The figure is at one end of a spectrum showing the remarkable variation in how providers use antibiotics. At the low end, 10 percent of providers prescribe antibiotics during 40 percent or fewer patient visits.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-health-care-major-contributor-problem-antibiotic.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesMon, 20 Jul 2015 17:40:01 EDTnews356630114Hospitalizations increase near fracking sites, study showsPeople living in areas of Pennsylvania where hydraulic fracturing is booming are suffering increasing rates of hospitalization, a new study says. The study is one of a small but growing number suggesting that the practice could be affecting human health. It appears this week in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-hospitalizations-fracking-sites.html
HealthFri, 17 Jul 2015 06:40:04 EDTnews356332636Low chance of recovering normal body weight highlights need for obesity preventionThe chance of an obese person attaining normal body weight is 1 in 210 for men and 1 in 124 for women, increasing to 1 in 1,290 for men and 1 in 677 for women with severe obesity, according to a study of UK health records led by King's College London. The findings, published in the American Journal of Public Health, suggest that current weight management programmes focused on dieting and exercise are not effective in tackling obesity at population level.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-chance-recovering-body-weight-highlights.html
Overweight and ObesityThu, 16 Jul 2015 16:00:01 EDTnews356279289Housestaff, attendings disagree on quality of progress notes(HealthDay)—Internal medicine attendings and housestaff disagree on the impact of electronic health records (EHRs) on the quality of progress notes, according to a study published online July 2 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-housestaff-quality.html
HealthMon, 13 Jul 2015 17:20:01 EDTnews356022562Researcher discusses a new study on correlations among medical problemsWhat can big data tell us about the predictability of medical conditions? A new study by MIT researchers published in the journal Scientific Reports digs into this question by looking at anonymous data from over 500,000 patients. Among the findings is that for 43 percent of the patients, the data can help predict which of 1,719 subcategories of diseases are most likely to occur next. The co-authors of the paper are Carlo Ratti, director of MIT's Senseable City Laboratory, and two former computer science researchers at the lab, Dominik Dahlem (who is the lead author) and Diego Maniloff. The data originated with General Electric, which collaborated with Senseable City on a 2011 project on visually plotting health care data. MIT News spoke with Ratti about the new study.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-discusses-medical-problems.html
HealthTue, 07 Jul 2015 09:40:02 EDTnews355479088Five tips for bringing your elderly loved one to the emergency departmentGetting old is tough. Taking care of an aging loved one is tough, too. And the difficulties of navigating health-care systems do not help. Sadly, many older adults are chronically ill and frail, resulting in many trips to the doctor for gradually worsening medical conditions. It can be difficult to get appointments with your primary care doctor, doctor's assistant or nurse practitioner on short notice, so patients, and particularly older adults, often end up repeatedly needing care in Emergency Departments (ED). Though the doctors and nurses working in EDs are well trained, hard working, and leaders in critical care, EDs are usually not well designed for frail older adults and the doctors in the ED are unlikely to know your loved one's medical history. However, there are some important steps you can take to help the older adult you are caring for get the care they need and deserve.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-elderly-emergency-department.html
HealthTue, 07 Jul 2015 07:20:01 EDTnews355471638Many US AIDS patients still die when 'opportunistic' infections strike(HealthDay)—Even after the advent of powerful medications for suppressing HIV, a new study finds that more than one-third of people in San Francisco who were diagnosed with an AIDS-related infection died within five years.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-aids-patients-die-opportunistic-infections.html
HIV & AIDSWed, 01 Jul 2015 12:20:01 EDTnews354970600Tapping into electronic health records to improve care for patients with chronic kidney diseaseExperts have identified strategies for using electronic health records to improve care for patients with chronic kidney disease. The guidance, which will appear in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), may help clinicians and hospitals better manage individual patients with chronic conditions and identify groups of patients most likely to benefit from different treatment strategies.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-electronic-health-patients-chronic-kidney.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 25 Jun 2015 17:24:17 EDTnews354471849Revisiting the restriction of antibioticsAntibiotic resistance, and multi-drug resistance, is a major public health threat. A new study publishing in PLOS Computational Biology finds conditions where restricting certain antibiotics may increase the frequency of multiple drug resistance.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-revisiting-restriction-antibiotics.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 25 Jun 2015 14:00:08 EDTnews354449905Oh, to have Dr. Facebook on call!If it were up to Internet-savvy Americans, more of them would be emailing or sending Facebook messages to their doctors to chat about their health. That's the result of a national survey led by Joy Lee of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US. The findings appear in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-dr-facebook.html
HealthWed, 24 Jun 2015 12:36:28 EDTnews354368178More women are reaching 100 but centenarian men are healthierNew research conducted by a team at King's College London has found an increasing trend in the number of people in the UK reaching age 100 over the past two decades. The study also found that, whilst women were far more likely to reach 100 than men, males tended to be healthier and had fewer diagnosed chronic illnesses compared to women.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-women-centenarian-men-healthier.html
HealthMon, 22 Jun 2015 07:50:02 EDTnews354174564Philippines tests health app for remote islandsThe Philippines is testing an app that will speed up delivery of health services to hundreds of remote island communities, the science department said Thursday.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-philippines-health-app-remote-islands.html
HealthThu, 18 Jun 2015 06:09:32 EDTnews353826564Tearing down the barriers to care transitionsNew research could soon automate hospital discharge communication, adding critical data and cutting the time it takes the information to reach community health care providers from weeks to hours.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-barriers-transitions.html
HealthWed, 17 Jun 2015 19:27:57 EDTnews353788049Study of returns to the ER suggests lack of follow-up careNo one wants to make a repeat visit to the emergency room for the same complaint, but new research suggests it's more common than previously thought and surprisingly, people frequently wind up at a different ER the second time around.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-er-lack-follow-up.html
HealthSun, 14 Jun 2015 12:52:14 EDTnews353505124Your phone knows how many steps you take per day, shouldn't your doctor?The rise of health apps has made it possible to chart your steps, heartbeat, and sleep patterns, but the availability of this constant stream of information has yet to reach patient electronic health records. In a commentary published on June 11 in Cell Systems, Harvard researchers argue that these mobile devices could rapidly reshape the practice of medicine. The first steps though will be creating standards that can enforce cross-platform communications.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-day-shouldnt-doctor.html
HealthThu, 11 Jun 2015 12:00:12 EDTnews353234480Intervention boosts hospital discharge communication(HealthDay)—Implementation of standardized communication processes can improve the reliability of verbal communication between hospitalists and primary care physicians (PCPs) at hospital discharge, according to a study published online May 29 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-intervention-boosts-hospital-discharge.html
HealthFri, 05 Jun 2015 14:50:02 EDTnews352732226Many UK patients with gonorrhea prescribed outdated antibioticsMany UK patients with gonorrhoea are being prescribed antibiotics that are no longer recommended for treating the infection by their family doctor (GP), reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-uk-patients-gonorrhea-outdated-antibiotics.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 28 May 2015 18:30:02 EDTnews352043859Caution urged over giving patients online access to their health recordsThe Government is aiming for all adults to have online access to their health and social care records by 2020, but researchers from the Institute of Child Health, QMUL and the University of Bristol are concerned about the potential for unintended harm.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-caution-urged-patients-online-access.html
HealthTue, 26 May 2015 06:57:03 EDTnews351842126Large practices focused on small selection of EHR products(HealthDay)—Sixty percent of clinicians in practices with 26 or more clinicians report use of one of 10 electronic health record (EHR) products, according to a report published by AmericanEHR Partners.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-large-focused-small-ehr-products.html
HealthMon, 25 May 2015 13:00:01 EDTnews351776593Osteoporosis screening: Too common for low-risk women, too uncommon for higher-risk womenMany of those who should get it, don't. And many of those who shouldn't, do. That's the story of a common screening test for osteoporosis, according to new research from UC Davis Health System.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-osteoporosis-screening-common-low-risk-women.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesTue, 19 May 2015 14:02:28 EDTnews351262940eMR-ABC software improving brain care throughout IndianaOlder Indiana adults with dementia or depression will be among the best cared for elders in the nation beginning this month with the statewide roll-out of a unique automated decision-support system that enables their care coordinators to meet the complex bio-psychosocial needs of these individuals as well as those of their family members and other informal caregivers.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-emr-abc-software-brain-indiana.html
OtherThu, 07 May 2015 15:00:15 EDTnews350229607Electronic health records may not improve outcomes in ischemic stroke patientsElectronic health records may be necessary for a more high-tech and transparent health care system, but hospitals with electronic health records for ischemic stroke patients did not demonstrate better quality of care or clinical outcomes for those patients when compared to similar hospitals without electronic health records, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-electronic-health-outcomes-ischemic-patients.html
CardiologyMon, 04 May 2015 14:00:01 EDTnews349943375World's largest open source health information technology project tackles EbolaAn accurate, up to the minute, accessible medical record system is fundamental to effective treatment and tracking of the Ebola virus. But how to create this type of system in the rudimentary, overwhelmed Ebola care centers of West Africa where paper records or computers—even if they were available—couldn't be carried in and out of treatment areas?http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-world-largest-source-health-technology.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesMon, 27 Apr 2015 11:39:59 EDTnews349353592How Twitter can help predict emergency room visitsTwitter users who post information about their personal health online might be considered by some to be "over-sharers," but new research led by the University of Arizona suggests that health-related tweets may have the potential to be helpful for hospitals.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-twitter-emergency-room.html
Medical researchWed, 15 Apr 2015 07:07:52 EDTnews348300458Study finds gestational diabetes associated with greater risk of autism in childrenChildren whose mothers developed gestational diabetes by the 26th week of pregnancy were at increased risk of developing autism later in life, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-gestational-diabetes-greater-autism-children.html
DiabetesTue, 14 Apr 2015 11:00:04 EDTnews348227859Increase seen in data breaches of health informationBetween 2010 and 2013, data breaches of protected health information reported by HIPAA-covered entities increased and involved approximately 29 million records, with most data breaches resulting from overt criminal activity, according to a study in the April 14 issue of JAMA.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-breaches-health.html
HealthTue, 14 Apr 2015 11:00:04 EDTnews348227910Improving the quality of medical care using computer understanding of human languageHow can computer-based analysis of free text—the narrative comments found in medical records and expressed in everyday language or technical terminology - help improve the quality of medical care?http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-quality-medical-human-language.html
OtherThu, 09 Apr 2015 11:16:03 EDTnews347796954Students' device helps people take meds as prescribedSteven Graf '15 (BUS) couldn't stop thinking about what he had seen in Ghana after a May 2013 trip there with Global Brigades, a student organization that focuses on helping developing countries.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-students-device-people-meds.html
HealthThu, 09 Apr 2015 09:10:01 EDTnews347788229Discovering another interoperability challenge in health information exchangeHealth information exchange enables clinicians to have secure access to a patient's medical record including details on care received at other locations. But an important piece of information is typically missing from the electronic medical record—detailed identification of the facilities at which past care was received.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-interoperability-health-exchange.html
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